Designing a training package based on mirror neurons and determining its effectiveness on aggression of children divorce

Goshtasb, Mehrdad; Mikaeili, Niloofar; Hajloo, Nader; Atadokht, Akbar

doi:10.22034/spr.2025.513147.2100

Designing a training package based on mirror neurons and determining its effectiveness on aggression of children divorce

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mehrdad Goshtasb ¹

Niloofar Mikaeili ²

Nader Hajloo ²

Akbar Atadokht ²

¹ .Ph.D. Student in psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

² Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

10.22034/spr.2025.513147.2100

Abstract

In the third millennium, many changes have occurred in the social status of societies, and according to statistics from the World Health Organization, social harms, including divorce and its negative effects on children, have had a worrying increase. discovery of mirror neurons and their effective role in aggression, and children of divorce have may resolve problems in this area. aim of the present study is to design an educational package based on mirror neurons and determine its effectiveness on the aggression of children of divorce.
Method: In this quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design, 30 students, children of divorce with high aggression scores, were selected purposefully during the year 2024-2025 from schools in Sangar district of Rasht city and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 mirror neuron-based therapy sessions. Participants completed an aggression questionnaire Eysenck and Wilson (1975) before and after treatment. Descriptive indices and analysis of One-way analysis of covariance were used in spss22 software to analyze the results.
Findings: The results of the analysis showed that mirror neuron-based therapy reduced aggression in the experimental group compared to the control group without treatment (p

Keywords

Mirror neuron therapy

Aggression

Children of divorce

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